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On The Day I Saw You Last
Snow stuck to the grass Like confetti on the hair of a bride Frost clung to the path Like breath on a mirror Mist haunted the streets Like warmth in the…
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Walks
With coloured walks And monochrome smiles Twinkles in eyes Like glass breaking in the sun The band plays on The band plays on With coloured walks…
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Deadened
Deadened trigger work the slide Deadened smile a finger wide Deadened nerves regret to feel Deadened turn on rack wracked wheel Deadened echo in the…
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The Colour of You
Sweet nectar rain On thirsty ground The colour of you Sweet scented candle In darkened room The colour of you Single blooming tree Amidst baking sands…
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Ghost Train
Traded my ticket for the ghost train For a handful of might have beens Gave up a place in the inhuman race For a chair behind the scenes See everybody's…
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Red Rain
Raining thread from zombie tree Red sky set the red rain free Red for stop and red for go Red forever don't you know Red forever Don't you know Red…
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Moonglow
She must have seen the moonglow And heard the rope on the bark She must have felt the sting of the whip Shot through the vein Shot from the lip Aint it…
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The Man They Wouldn't Hang
And in the dark a bloodied robin By moonlight sadly sang A dirge downpon the gallows For the man they wouldn't hang And in the middle distance A bell of…
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To Key or Not to Key, That is the Question
On the day you became a memory I put your laugh in a jar On the day you became a memory I put your smile in a box On the day you became a memory I wrote…
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Message in a Bottle
I sit at this piano It's 2AM and I should be sleeping Should be dreaming Instead I spend the time Singing songs and drinking wine I close my eyes you're…
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Remember the Days
Remember the days When time stood still And whispers echoed on our tongues Like fine wine Remember the days When time stood still The waves cracked and…
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